USASpending.gov’s downloads go dark due to shutdown

FedScoop: The ongoing partial government shutdown, now in its 34th day, has claimed another open data victim: namely the capacity to download data from central government spending website USASpending.gov.

Visitors to the website’s “database download” and “agency submission files” tabs are met with 403 error codes. “Custom account data” and “custom award data,” once necessary fields are filled out and submitted, also yield 403 errors. The “award data archive” page, meanwhile, where users can download “major agencies’ award transaction data for full fiscal years,” simply fails to load any files.

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